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7.8Hz Meditations: Journey to the One (2022)


A guided meditation written and voiced by Sofia Lemos, 
scored by Ece Canli



Photos: Bruno Lopes. Courtesy MAAT, Lisbon.  Curated by Mariana Pestana at MAAT Lisbon, three guided meditations, comprising a reading and a live concert created by contemporary thinkers and composers, used different methodologies—reorientation and positioning of the body, reason and imagination—in an attempt to lead us towards an awareness of interdependence. 

Created to accompany Carsten Höller’s DIA exhibition (2022), the programme was based on the 7.8 Hz frequency, a unit of measure that also converges celestial and terrestrial phenomena. 7.8 Hz is the Earth’s electromagnetic resonance, produced by discharges of energy such as lightning and thunder between the surface of the planet and the ionosphere. 

Interestingly, 7.8 Hz is also the frequency of the human brain when in a state of almost meditative relaxation, between consciousness and unconsciousness, and can be induced by exposure to light sequences (as in Carsten Höller’s work). Starting from this frequency, 7.8Hz Meditations offered a series of therapeutic compositions to reflect on terrestrial coexistence and explore other ways of seeing and thinking about the extreme present we currently live in.
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Journey to the One
Guided meditation by Michael Marder, scored by Maxwell Sterling  

Guided meditation by Federico Campagna, scored by Joana Gama and Luís Fernandes